07/06/11 The fish report is weekly. Its accuracy depends on marina operators, tackle shops and local fishermen we contact. Anglers catching large fish should send the information to Outdoor News Service, P.O. Box 9007, San Bernardino, CA 92427, or telephone 909-887-3444, so it can be included in this report. Faxes can be sent to 909-887-8180. E-Mail messages or fishing reports can also be posted to Jim ...
06/27/11 An East Bay teen was in critical condition Monday after a sand tunnel he was digging at Sunset Beach in Santa Cruz County collapsed on top of him over the weekend.
06/27/11 The Creekside Community Church in Alamo will be holding nightly prayer sessions this week for a teenager who was injured at a beach in Santa Cruz County on Saturday when a tunnel he was digging in the sand collapsed on him.
06/27/11 With state Controller John Chiang telling lawmakers they won't get paid because they haven't passed a balanced budget, it seemed like a good time to see which of our East Bay electeds are most likely to feel the pinch. The Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests filed by public officials each year sheds some light on who has a financial cushion and who doesn't.
06/25/11 For a few thousand bucks next week, campaign donors can indulge in a day of pampering at a local spa, sample grilled cheese and cupcakes from gourmet food trucks or dine on cuisine cooked by Democratic Assemblyman Henry T. Perea himself.
06/19/11 It depends, all pension systems are not alike. As a retired educator, I am a member of CalSTRS (California State Teacher's Retirement System). Many of the proposed changes to public pensions do not relate to CalSTRS.
06/19/11 Some East Bay voters hail the draft maps for their new legislative districts as rational alternatives to the old partisan ones, but others bemoan losing representatives with long-standing ties to their communities.
06/19/11 academicsSydney Tafuri, of Dublin, was named to the dean's list at the College of William and Mary, Willimsburg, Va., for the spring semester. Matthew Joseph Batongbacal, of Alamo, has graduated with a bachelor of science degree in biochemistry from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
06/19/11 WATSONVILLE -- The United States Auto Club combined two of its West Coast traditional sprint car series to provide high-speed, wheel-to-wheel racing and veteran 410 CRA driver Cory Kruseman won the 30-lap feature Friday.
06/18/11 Self-propelled howitzer on lowboy, Armadillo Petro (Amarillo, TX). 0 Guadalupe Peak Trail, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX. 0
06/11/11 Larry Bleiberg is co-author of The 100 Best Affordable Vacations, a guide published by National Geographic that can make your next trip possible and memorable. Bleiberg, 48, has his credentials in order: married father of a 16-year-old; a Virginia native with 15 years of travel writing under his belt, mostly at the Dallas Morning News.
06/10/11 The maximum limit for conforming loans guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is set to drop from $729,750 to $625,500 on October 1st. Bay Area financial advisor Eric Leithliter says this could negatively impact Bay Area homebuyers.
06/08/11 ALAMO -- The Brass Bear Deli of Alamo has been recognized by Assemblymember Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, as the Small Business of the Year for the 15th Assembly District.
06/08/11 During the Living History Encampment at the Edward-Dean Museum in Cherry Valley over Memorial Day weekend, Jim Riddle, a Hemet iron worker who works with San Jacinto-based Mojave Southern Machine Works, shapes an anvil to be used for creating "ripples" to the edges of iron leaves.
06/05/11 One hundred three years ago this weekend, Downtown Milwaukee taverns ran out of champagne when Stanley Ketchel guzzled, sprayed and bathed himself in all the bubbly he could get his hands on. Ketchel fought Billy Papke - "The Illinois Thunderbolt" - in the biggest athletic event ever held in Milwaukee to that time.
06/03/11 Sixteen students will each receive a scholarship towards their college education through Hilmar Chee
06/03/11 AcademicsJessica Sarah West, of Alamo, has recently earned her Master of Science Degree in Management of integrated logistics specialization with distinction from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla.
06/01/11 The book club for kids grade four through six continues at the Calabasas library, 200 Civic Center Way. The next meeting is at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The book to be discussed is "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick.
05/31/11 Jan. 18, 2001 - On his first day in the job after being hired from Youngstown State, Tressel,48, addresses the crowd at halftime of an Ohio State-Michigan men's basketball game and tells thefans,
05/30/11 The Tressler/Capo family of Connellsville is steeped in the military. | 
